Thank you to everyone who participated by entering a pillow this year! I love seeing the work of this dynamic group of talented stitchers. I’m thankful I don’t have to choose just one winner.

Each voter will receive FIVE votes. Scroll down to the pillow gallery to vote. Share this post with a friend; everyone is eligible to vote. In addition to the generous prizes offered by sponsors, I decided to also offer a prize bundle, the Hobo Tote Template Package, to one randomly drawn winner.

Pillow Sewing Challenge Guidelines

Online voting begins March 22, 2016.

Voting closes on April 3, 2016.

Elected winners and one randomly drawn winner will be announced April 5, 2016.

If you have a website, copy the code above and paste it into your website editor to have the Pillow Sewing Challenge badge on your site.

If you are on social sites like Instagram, Twitter, Flickr, or Facebook, let all your friends know you are working on the Pillow Sewing Challenge by tagging your post with the hashtag: #NZPillowChallenge.

2016 Pillow Sewing Challenge Schedule

March 22: Voting Opens

April 3: Voting Closes

April 5: Winners Announced

Share your comments below about the Pillow Sewing Challenge and let us know if you plan to join!

Get Stitching!

Email challenge questions to info@ziemanproductions.com. Challenge not open to sponsors, employees, and immediate family members. Photos and techniques may be featured in future promotions, blog posts, videos, and/or TV shows.

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25 Comments

I felt so guilty for NONE of my 5 picks to b true quilted, the 5 I chose however provoked emotion. Loved this assignment.. Thanks for including us.. Bless all the artists! The comment said error when I resent., it said duplicate, I erased part to resend. Thanks for the priveledge to vote… If I have time I will enter next year.

I felt so guilty for NONE of my 5 picks to b true quilted, the 5 I chose however provoked emotion. Loved this assignment.. Thanks for including us.. Bless all the artists! The momma a pillow, stole my heart.

You have two that link to the same Etsy shop, so were submitted by the same person. (the black and grey flower pillow and the blue “modern pillow patchwork”) I thought the rules had changed so each person could submit only one entry?

SuzanMarch 27, 2016

I do think the vote choices allowed should be increased to perhaps 10% of the entries (eg, 100 entries =10 votes). There were so many wonderfully creative pillows, it was difficult to choose just 5!

Also, I experienced a problem when somehow a vote was cast by me unaware. Another time my finger touched a “heart” unintentionally while scrolling; please consider redesigning voting procedure so a vote can be erased or changed.

I was blessed to see what so many talented people create. I will be entering next year…!

Nancy MetzMarch 27, 2016

Many beautiful pillows with talented people behind them. I can appreciate all the time and effort each one put into their project.

Jill HensleyMarch 24, 2016

Hard to choose! Lots of great pillows!

JodyMarch 23, 2016

hmmm, I have selected my 5 pillows, but cannot find any
‘submit’ button for them. I have scrolled up and down several times. Is it the ‘submit comment’ button?

Many talented contestants! I liked more than five pillows. However, as required, I limited myself to five votes. Good luck to all participants!

June CannonMarch 22, 2016

My favorite is Flower Basket, all the entries are really beautiful.

MarjorieMarch 22, 2016

I really liked # 9 then # 49

Sally ClaytonMarch 22, 2016

Amazing talent and such vibrant colors! Difficult to choose only five designs. Every entry was a winner!

KarenMarch 22, 2016

I really liked the tooth fairy pillow! Also the octopus! All of the pillows were quite nice and looked like they took quite a bit of work to complete. I wish all the best to everyone!

Joyce WilsonMarch 22, 2016

I have a problem, I can’t pick just five entries. I want to vote for all of them. What a wealth of creative designs. Good luck to all the entrants.

Miranda EMarch 22, 2016

I have co-workers trying to vote for me, but since we’re all on the same Network, it won’t let them!!! Bummer…

BeckyApril 3, 2016

My husband was not allowed to vote on any other device in our house. It always showed my votes. This is not right! We tried going through his FB page, his email, nothing worked.

Nancy ZiemanApril 3, 2016

Hi Becky. The votes are associated with your internet provider address. You don’t log in as a user to vote, so the address is the only indicator of “one person voting.” This is the way the link software tool is set up.